Lake Placid Blues [Import]

Tony Joe White | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000007VJL
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,240 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lake Placid Blues

2. Menutha

3. Paris Mood Tonight

4. Bayou Woman

5. Guitar Don''t Lie

6. Let The Healing Begin

7. Louisiana Rain

8. Beach Life

9. High Horse

10. These Arms Of Mine

11. Wampus Kitty

12. Yo Yo Man / Garter Belt

13. Down Again

14. I'll Make Love Good For Y

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two Great Rockers, Plenty Of Fine Blues, December 27, 2002

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Eric R. Last "misterrockobscurities" (San Bruno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lake Placid Blues (Audio CD)

Tony Joe White's albums from the 1990's are all more stripped down and blues-oriented than his more well-known material from his "Polk Salad Annie"/"Rainy Night In Georgia" heyday. But although blues has been his main idiom for the past decade or so, "Lake Placid Blues" is mainly distinguished by two of the finest rockers of White's career, the title track and "The Beach Life". This set also includes "Let The Healing Begin", which had been covered to fine effect by Joe Cocker, but I like Cocker's version much better. Other highlights include "Louisiana Rain", "Down Again", and "The Guitar Don't Lie". Another fine set by a woefully underappreciated talent.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful cd from one of the best American writers., October 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lake Placid Blues (Audio CD)

There are 14 wonderful songs in this cd. If you like swamp music Tony Joe White is the man. His distinctive voice like that of John Fogerty is very powerful and his guitar playing is very tasteful.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lasting excellence, April 28, 2004

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menno lievers (The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lake Placid Blues (Audio CD)

I've bought this cd more or less by accident shortly after its release in 1995, but I've been playing it weekly ever since. In his best lyrics Tony Joe White has the ability to go to heart, without becoming too sentimental . A sentence like "The repossesion of the guitar hurt the most." in the title song shows, I hope, what I mean. The music is at the service of the mood set by the lyrics, which can be difficult with themes as the death of a brother and trying to get a grip on life after such a loss. Not all songs on this album have the quality of the title song or 'The guitar don't lie' and 'Let the healing begin', but that doesn't distract from the fact that this is one of the very few albums from the nineties which I've been playing again and again and will stay with me for the rest of my life.